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To Milroy From Colfax Aug 2 1861

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???? Aug 2 ‘61
My dear Milroy
Yours from Ind.
Just rec’d. the 3 ____ as I
have written you is in ______ and has
been three times noted down. The
gunsmith I will talk with the
Dept. about.
I see you want Moody for
Col. of the 9th if you are Brig.
Gen. Well, I shall rejoice at his
luck, but I shall at the same
time begrudge many hours of time and
miles of walking to______ the Dept.
______________to get his Captaincy.
You are so anxious about it and he
___ and myself besides that I went
over and over again to the Dept neglecting
the _______ and urging and insisting on it
for him and finally succeeded. All I
shall regret about it is that I
will lose that Captaincy to my Dist
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???? Aug 2 ‘61
My dear Milroy
Yours from Ind.
Just rec’d. the 3 ____ as I
have written you is in ______ and has
been three times noted down. The
gunsmith I will talk with the
Dept. about.
I see you want Moody for
Col. of the 9th if you are Brig.
Gen. Well, I shall rejoice at his
luck, but I shall at the same
time begrudge many hours of time and
miles of walking to______ the Dept.
______________to get his Captaincy.
You are so anxious about it and he
___ and myself besides that I went
over and over again to the Dept neglecting
the _______ and urging and insisting on it
for him and finally succeeded. All I
shall regret about it is that I
will lose that Captaincy to my Dist
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This item is owned by the Jasper County Public Library. Permission to publish or reproduce this item is required and must be obtained from the Director of the Jasper County Public Library, Rensselaer, Indiana. Please visit www.myjcpl.org for more information.